Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil
Template:Stub The Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil appears in the Christian Bible as a key element in the fall of man from God's grace. When God created Adam in the Garden of Eden he gave him permission to eat from any tree except that of the Tree of Knowledge.
Genesis2:17 But of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat. For in what day soever thou shalt eat of it, thou shalt die the death. [1]
Eve was informed by a talking serpent, assumed to be Satan, that if she ate from the tree that she and Adam would not die. Adam and Eve did eat the fruit of the tree and did not die, thereby acclaiming God as the first liar. They were later cast out of the garden of Eden. The Bible does not really say what sort of tree it was, but it is historically portrayed as a citric fruit-bearing tree.